The Medical Office Assistant plays a key role in medical offices
and allied health care facilities.
Their duties may include the utilization
of computerized medical office software, administrative office procedures,
health insurance processing, billing and transcription of medical
reports.
If you want to work in the rapidly growing
healthcare industry but don't want to do direct patient care
becoming a Medical Office Assistant might be for you!
About the Medical
Office Assistant (MOA) program ( available at both
the Dallas and Richardson campuses ) medical office assistant courses
The Medical Office Assistant program develops the
necessary skills to function as entry-level medical front office
assistant, medical receptionist, Medical office secretary, medical
billing and collections, appointment scheduler or a medical records
clerk in a variety of healthcare settings. Utilizing multiple
patient data records and billing programs that the doctors offices use. Work places include physicians offices,
medical centers, clinics, hospitals, nursing homes ambulatory care centers,
and medical billing offices. The specific duties of the medical office assistant
will often vary from office to office due to office size, location, and
specialty. Medical offices are increasingly turning to electronic
billing and data collection, trained personnel will become more in
demand as this continues to happen.
Medical office assistants perform duties such
as:
Administrative Job Duties
Greeting and directing patients
Answering telephones
Front
office assistant
Updating and maintaining electronic medical records
Obtaining insurance verification and authorization
Adjust scheduling for emergency cases
Scheduling Patient’s Doctors Appointments
Processing insurance claim forms
Arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services
Patient and insurance billing
medical
billing and coding
Medical insurance coding and collections
Accounts receivable and accounts payable
Compose and type routine office correspondence
Bookkeeping
Operate computer, fax, and copy machines
Laboratory Services
Maintaining OSHA guidelines
medical
office collections
Other duties that may be required for efficient health care delivery and
reimbursement
Clinical Duties a Medical Office Assistants may Perform include:
Taking patient medical histories
Vital signs
Preparing patients for examinations
Assisting physicians during examinations
Possible career paths of the Medical
Office Assistant graduate:
Medical
Coder - (one that uses a set of medical diagnosis and procedure
codes to bill patients or gather data for research)
Insurance Claims Analyst - (one that works for or audits
insurance claims from medical practices and hospitals)
Coding Specialist - someone that has taken coding billing
course and been certified by: American Health Information Management
Association ( AHIMA ) CCS as an - Certified Coding Specialist CCS-P -
Certified Coding Specialist Physician CHPS - Certified Health Privacy
Specialist CCA - Certified Coding Associate
or thru
the American Academy of Professional Coders ( AAPC ) certifications -
Certified Professional Coder ® ( CPC ® ) , Certified Professional Coder –
Hospital ® ( CPC-H ® ) Certified Professional Coder – Payer ® ( CPC-P ® ) CIRCC ™
( Certified Interventional Radiology Cardiovascular Coder ™ )
Coding Technician (another name for an coding specialist)
Medical Billing Specialist (someone that actually takes the coded
medical report and bills the insurance company)
Medical Records Clerk (one that works at a hospitals medical
records department filling and retrieving medical records)
Health Information Specialist ( someone that receives and records
data from insurance, financials and workloads so practitioners can
plan patient care)
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| SKILLS LEARNED Medical Office
Management |
| COMPUTER SKILLS, RECORD
MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL ETHICS AND LEGAL CONCEPTS, TELEPHONE AND COMMUNICATION
SKILLS, SCHEDULING, PROCESSING MAIL, AUTHORIZATIONS, WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE
AND TYPING. |
| COPING AND STRESS,
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY, FIRST AID, CPR, OSHA REGULATIONS, VITAL SIGNS
AND CHARTING |
| ICD9 DIAGNOSIS CODES, CPT PROCEDURE CODES, PATIENT BILLING, INSURANCE CLAIMS, MEDICARE
INSURANCE BILLING AND MEDICAL COLLECTIONS |
| MEDICAL OFFICE MANAGEMENT,
MEDICAL OFFICE BOOKKEEPING (ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE / ACCOUNTS
PAYABLE) MULTI - CULTURAL AWARENESS, UTILIZING RESOURCES AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT |
| STUDENT WILL GAIN EXPERIENCE
IN A REAL WORLD MEDICAL OFFICE, APPLYING THE SKILLS LEARNED IN A
VARIETY OF SPECIALTIES |
Other descriptions of the medical office assistant
may be: medical administrative assistant doctors receptionist doctors
office assistant medical clerk biller coder Medical Scheduler, Front
Office Manager, Assistant Front Office Manager, Medical Billing
Specialist.
Medical Office Assistant
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